Chapter 466 Earth Dragon Turns Over
Liu Xiang brought Yunfan Camp in Chang'an, including supply ships, nearly 600 were seized in Kunming Lake, more than 400 sentry ships, and 200 large private cargo ships were collected.
A fleet of more than 1,200 large and small ships were discharged over 30 miles along the Wei River.
Thousands of sails compete, and with the help of the south wind, they move against the Wei River.
The fleet loaded 17,000 soldiers, war horses, more than 800 pack horses, 200 crossbows, 100 bed crossbows, 200 catapults, 50 oar chariots, four heavier trench bridges, two crashed chariots, 18,000 stones of food and grass, 300,000 arrows, 20,000 crossbow guns, and 10,000 stone bullets.
The infantrymen of the fourth battalion of the Central Army carried 8,000 powerful crossbows and 6,000 bows and arrows.
The generals of the army included Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Wen Pin, Cao Xing, Gao Shun, and Dian Wei and Shi A who were guarding the safety.
Of course, the two regular attendants of the scattered cavalry: Cao Ang and Sun Ce were also always by their side.
The two 18-year-old children were at the age of passion and wanted to follow their idols: Grand Sima and General Liu Xiang of the Cavalry, making achievements. In particular, Sun Ce was clamoring all the way to fight Ma Chao.
The fleet still has 20,000 naval troops, but Liu Xiang did not need them to attack the city and assist in establishing a river beach position. After unloading the supplies, the naval troops would return to transport the second batch of supplies.
The Weishui River from Chang'an to Ji County is 800 miles away. The fleet is moving forward at a speed of more than 100 miles a day, taking a little supply in Chencang, crossing Longshan, and entering the boundary of Hanyang County, Liangzhou.
Passing Shangqi, looking at the two cities without stopping, the paddlers exerted their strength, and the entire fleet accelerated forward.
Starting from Chang'an, seven days later, we arrived at the river section of Ji County at noon.
As Liu Xiang expected, Ma Teng was not on guard by the river, and probably focused on Qishan Road and Longguan.
He was happy and ordered loudly: "Warship ships are on guard, boats are covered, supply ships are rushing to the beach, guarding the military camp, trapping the camp, quickly get ashore and gathering to establish a beachhead."
The sailing warships were on guard upstream and downstream, and the ships were close to the river to cover them. More than 500 large supply ships rushed directly to the beach, put down the board, and the soldiers jumped into the water that was waist-length, quickly seized the river beach.
The crossbowman set up a crossbow formation at the bow of the ship to guard against sudden attacks by the enemy.
In a quarter of an hour, nine thousand five hundred soldiers set up three square formations on the south bank of the Wei River to cover the landing site that spread ten miles behind them.
Half an hour later, all 17,000 members of the central army landed, and the position advanced three miles forward, and more and more defenders were on the walls of Ji County.
Siege equipment was transported by small boats and was also sent to the river bank one after another.
There was no crane, so we could only use noose to drop it, which delayed a lot of time. The guards had killed more than a hundred scouts who came to inquire, so we could not give Ma Teng too much preparation time.
It took six minutes to log in, and all the troops and equipment were logged in. Liu Xiang was not very satisfied with this speed. Although he ordered the big ship to rush to the beach, it took him an hour and a half to complete the preliminary login, and the subsequent supplies had not been removed.
However, Ma Teng never sent troops to attack. It is probably because he hasn't gathered his troops yet? After all, he is a thief, and the quality of the soldiers will not be too high. It is only two quarters of an hour before an hour, so it is possible that he cannot gather all the troops.
"Taishici, you lead the navy as the backbone and continue to unload supplies. All the central troops will follow me to attack the city."
The county town of Ji County is about six miles away from the river bank. It is a small town with a circumference of four or five miles. The moat connects to the Wei River and is about six meters wide. The soldiers of the central army pushed oars, trench bridges, pulled crossbows, single-tip cannons, and went straight to the north gate.
It took a total of one hour from the docking of the fleet to the city, and Ma Teng was so anxious that he felt angry.
He had just received a message from the Shangbi defenders that a large fleet of ships passed through the Weishui River Valley and came to the Weinan territory, and was still guessing whose caravan it was.
The scout came to report that a large army landed on the river.
What is this to do?
He didn't think it was too much. How many wooden boats could pull? He swung on the boat, and the weak soldiers could still use their knives? He could kill people? He rushed to the river and rushed them to feed the turtle.
But after several waves of scouts were sent, they were gone and never returned. The sentry on the city wall came to report that tens of thousands of enemy troops had arrived ashore, under the banner of "Liu".
"My God! How could there be so many people? It's not that evil star in Chang'an, right?" He slapped his thigh, and he was careless. He quickly ordered the generals to speed up the gathering of troops and support the city wall immediately.
The enemy came too quickly and the troops stationed elsewhere could not count on them.
By the time he brought some of his troops to the north city wall, the Anping army had already arrived at the city, and the chariots were almost at the edge of the moat. The sound camp and the guards of the garrison had a total of 6,000 crossbowmen. Under the cover of the shield formation and the chariots, the garrisons of the north wall could not raise their heads.
Liu Xiang was taking people to assemble the crash at this time. It should be said that it was a modified crash. It was smaller than an ordinary crash. It was covered with a layer of cowhide and was lighter than the same type. The four wheels were also larger. The bumper wood was three meters long. It was fixed to the rack with eighteen wooden purlins, without a cone, and the head was flat, with a layer of sealing mud, and one meter in front of it was also four iron hoops half a foot wide.
Strange shape.
Can this thing hit the city?
The soldiers guarding around the surroundings were all confused.
After assembling one, Liu Xiang looked up and asked, "Is the trench bridge ready?"
Zhao Yun replied in response: "Two are built on each side of the suspension bridge."
He guessed that this thing must have a lot of mystery, otherwise the lord would not pay so much attention, nor would it be possible to lead troops to attack the city without preparing equipment.
"Zhao Jing, do you know how to use it?" Liu Xiang turned to look at Zhao Jing.
"I know, I lit the medicine rope, run away quickly. Don't worry, lord, I'm very smart and can't make any mistakes."
"Okay, push the cart, siege!"
The guard pushed the "collision car" forward. After reaching the enemy's range, Zhao Jing brought seven people into the car, pushed the cart from inside and continued forward, walked through the trench bridge equipped with thick wooden boards, crossed the moat, and arrived under the city gate.
During this process, three hundred bed crossbows and six thousand crossbowmen were suppressing the defenders on the city.
Liu Xiang also used another secret weapon: the poison smoke ball.
Half a pound of gunpowder and smoked poison, the total weight was three pounds. He made more than 200 pieces, and he threw it onto the city tower and nearby city walls by a single-tip cannon cart.
Of course, this thing is not poisonous, but it chokes, can hurt the mouth, nose, eyes, throat, and can make people feel very painful. If you don’t have the intention to attack the near-catcher, you can also pick up Zhao Jing and the others back.
The light chariot camp threw more than fifty at a time, and yellow smoke filled the city near the North Gate Tower, coughing and screaming one after another. The poison smoke ball continued to burn and smoke, and no one could stay in the city.
Ma Teng tore his robe and wrapped it around his face, holding a shield in his hand, staggeringly groping to retreat to what he thought was the way to climb the city. His eyes were sore and painful, and he couldn't see clearly at all. Tears flowed, his nose and throat were sore.
Arrows kept shooting onto the shield, and screams were everywhere in his ears, some were smoked and some were shot. The aggressive sound of arrows shooting onto the wooden structure of the city tower became a signal to guide his actions.
He had to fumble along the city tower to prevent himself from falling into the city. Those long screams must be the sound of running around and knocking around, and the sound of the falling people.
He didn't know what tricks Liu Piqi used outside the city, but he wanted to live, even if he was touching and crawling, he would still survive.
Under the double cover of poison smoke balls and powerful crossbows, the collision successfully blocked the city gate. Zhao Jing and his men took the shields hanging in the car, escaped from behind the car and retreated to the trench bridge.
Liu Xiang was standing in a Wugang car at this time, drawing out his sword, making moves and acting seriously. He wanted to "do" to explode the city gate. This was a matter of being ordered to the entire army, so that the Anping soldiers would not dare to fight because they were afraid of the explosion.
"The Xuanzong of Heaven and Earth is the root of all qi. Cultivate thousands of kalpas to prove my supernatural powers.
The guards of the Three Realms, the Five Emperors welcomed them, the gods paid tribute to the emperor, and the commander of the Thunder.
The ghosts and demons are scared, and the spirits are dead. There are thunderbolts inside, the thunder god is hidden, the cave is full of wisdom, and the five energys are full of energy."
He tossed and turned the verbal formula, which had nothing to do with the explosion of gunpowder. Of course, he would not control the thunder. This is part of the verbal formula of the Taoist Golden Light Mantra.
He didn't remember everything, and he didn't know whether the order was right.
As for why he did this, it has to start with a comic in his previous life. When someone is happy, the others are just under one person. When someone is unhappy, they become one person.
He was no one else to recall the comic plot in the battle formation.
"boom!!!"
The earth shakes!
"Bang~bang~"
The city gate was broken and fell, the door frame sealed in the city wall was broken and broken, the surrounding walls were torn and dust flew.
The defenders on the city tower were shattered and their mouths were bleeding from their noses and their eardrums were torn.
Ma Tengruo lay on the ground of the city wall, unable to exert any strength, and his abdomen was as painful as being cut into pieces.
What's wrong with this? Did the Earth Dragon turn over? He fainted with doubt.
The defenders of Ji County went crazy, their hands and feet were weak, their liver and gallbladder were split, and they opened their mouths wide, making meaningless wails, venting fear that penetrated their bones. Those who urinated were considered bold, and those who were scattered and urinated were nothing. They were scared to death on the spot, even if they were not injured.
The attack of Anping Army at the city also stopped. The soldiers and generals were so shocked that they sniffed in air conditioning. They turned their heads to look at the Central Army's turret, with awe and fanaticism in their eyes, but they could not make any sound for a moment.
They were shocked by the "spells" that were as powerful as heaven and earth.
Liu Xiang looked at the collapsed city gate in Ji County, the crashed car, and the smoke and dust gradually dissipated. He felt the fanatical and respectful eyes around him, and felt that there was too much gunpowder.
He stretched out his sword and pointed at it, shouting: "Enter the city! Accept surrender!"
Chapter completed!